Big thick drapes of lead.
Laying heavily on the roof, and in the drains, and in
the blood.

Warm autumn tones of copper.
Winter's green tinge of patina chasing away the moss.

Cool matt grey aluminium.
Blisters in the memories of childhood summers by the
sea.

Curlicues of beaten steel.
Expanding ever outwards in red-brown flakes of
surrender.

Endless grey films of zinc
Taming the corrosive beast with a thin protective
layer.

Dull gleam of brass and bronze.
Solid lumps persist as weighty reminders of their
fickle past.

Bright flashes from stainless steel.
Working hard, for there is no easy path to tread.

Myriad of colours in titanium.
Is this the alchemist's revenge?

david


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